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MGMT brings ballsy album to Orpheum By Gus Carrington
Special to The Daily Helmsman MGMT is now auspiciously close to joining the assorted list of popular artists who have graced the stage of the Orpheum Theatre Memphis. The indie rockers, featuring Memphis-native Andrew VanWyngarden, play at the Orpheum on Saturday with a like-minded band, Kuroma. Tickets for the 8 p.m. show are still available and range in price from $34 to $45. “The price of the Orpheum and the fact that it’s a seated venue will attract people who actually want to hear the music,” said Bruce VanWyngarden, father of MGMT front man and editor of the Memphis Flyer. “At a music festival, the first 10 to 15 rows are really into it, but there’s always those guys with their hats turned backwards, drinking in the back, waiting to hear ‘Kids.’” “Kids” refers to MGMT’s breakout single from the 2008 album “Oracular Spectacular,” which reached No. 9 on the Billboard charts at its peak and launched the band’s popular music career. In April 2010, they released “Congratulations,” a far less-poppy, more instrumentally driven and psychedelic-rock project. For the current tour, Roman Darker, Andrew’s stepbrother and fellow musician, said the group is a little more focused on promoting their new material — their self-titled junior album that was released in September. “I think it’s a really ballsy album,” Darker said, “I don’t think it sounds like anything else out there.” Andrew’s father agreed about the record’s 10 new tracks.
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news@dailyhelmsman.com While the cold weather effortlessly changes the leaves on red maples and honey locusts surrounding the McWherter Library, horticulturalist Joellen Dimond and her fourperson staff manually transform the flowerbeds scattered throughout the
University of Memphis campus into organic works of art. Dimond, a graduate of the University of Illinois with a degree in ornamental horticulture, has designed the floral scheme for 27 years at the U of M. Each season, she supervises the planting of nearly 40,000 plants, including changing flower colors three or four times.
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“We have just finished planting tulips,” she said. “That has to be done in the fall, so they will bloom in the spring. We will then cover those with violas and pansies.” Assisting her are three part-timestudent workers. Few of the undergraduates who help Dimond have had experience in gardening. “We train most of them,” Dimond
said. “It is a physically demanding job. They have to be interested in getting dirty and willing to work in the cold weather.” Maria Alvarado, an international business sophomore, has worked in the department for three weeks, but she said the hardest part of her job is
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Joellen Dimond, horticulturist for the University of Memphis, instructs student worker, Tramel Tripp, and full time employee, Micheal Kelly, as they plant violas for winter.
Tiger tribulations, parking pains By James Smith
Special to The Daily Helmsman Many schools offer free spaces for their employees to leave their cars during the work day, but the
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University of Memphis isn’t one of them. The same areas that are free for students cost employees a $16 monthly charge. “Anybody that works on this
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campus has to pay for parking,” said Penny Saed, administrative secretary in the College of Arts and Sciences. “I don’t think we should pay for it.” Office workers, advisors and Sports
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professors that want to be closer to their buildings face a greater charge. “I pay $32 a month for parking that
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“You can’t expect to pop it in and start dancing around,” he said. “You have to let the lyrics emerge and give it a chance.” That means that the MGMT release and concert setting are expected by many to compliment each other tremendously. “The Orpheum is a venue where everyone has to sit and pay attention,” VanWyngarden said. “The new album is music you have to pay attention to.” VanWyngarden has certainly paid close attention to his son’s career and did not hesitate when describing the band that MGMT chose to open for them on this tour. “Kuroma is basically MGMTlite,” he said. “It has four members of MGMT in it.” Darker explained why guitarist
Hank Sullivant filled in Andrew’s live instrumental parts during the aftermath of a kitty-caused shoulder dislocation. “Andrew had trained his new cat to climb up on his shoulders and while he was playing with it, he sneezed, frightened the thing, and it wound up dislocating his shoulder,” Darker said. “Instead of cancelling the tour, Hank played guitar for MGMT on Jimmy Fallon and all those late night talk shows.” For the upcoming performance, Andrew will have recovered from his catastrophic dislocation. With axe in hand, he is sure to bring the true psychedelic MGMT-fashion to the Orpheum. This will be the band’s first performance in Memphis since the 2011 Memphis in May Beale Street Music Festival.
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isn’t even guaranteed,” said LaTonya Sanders, four-year administrative assistant in the physics department. “There just isn’t enough space.” Fees for employee parking are based on where the lot is located, which creates issues for those not earning full-time wages. “As an adjunct teacher, the pay scale I have experienced makes the rates for parking a hardship,” said Wayne Smith, adjunct dance professor at the University. Iulia Kristanciuk, a library assistant in McWherter Library, shares the same opinions. When she began working she would park on side streets to familiarize herself with the lots, policies and prices. She decided to stop driving her car to work shortly after starting her current position three years ago. She did this to relieve the stresses that go along with Tiger parking. “I just ride my bike to work,” says Kristanciuk. “It’s a great opportunity to exercise.”
There are lanes along the roads she takes, and the school provides bike racks, so she doesn’t have to worry about transportation or finding parking before starting the workday. Hope for a solution is grim. “We are stuck dealing with it until they pay off debts from building the Zach Curlin parking garage — which is full too,” Sanders said. Even general parking lots on campus are packed. Tierney Smith, a junior nursing major, pays to park elsewhere to avoid the stress of finding a spot before class. “I have been parking in Zach Curlin since freshman year,” Smith said. “General parking spaces are always full and far away. (Zach Curlin) is right on campus.” When asked about the policies regarding these issues, Parking Services refused to comment and did not to respond to emails.
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Men’s basketball looks to bounce back as women try to keep streak alive By Meagan Nichols
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University of Memphis senior Michael Dixon Jr. scored 18 points in the exhibition game against Christian Brothers University, 15 points against Austin Peay State University and seven points against Oklahoma State University. The Tigers play Nicholls State University at 5 p.m. Saturday at the FedExForum.
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waking up at 7:30 a.m. “I love working here — I wouldn’t want to be anywhere else,” she said. Alvarado said there is a sense of pride in being able to point at the flowers and tell her friends she did that. Michael Kelly has worked with Dimond for nine years and is her only full-time employee. In that time he says he has worked with undergraduates of
every major. “One time we had nothing but psychology students working for us,” Kelly said. “We also have had some students spend all four years working here. I’m still friends with most of them.” Maintaining the flowers isn’t their only responsibility. They must also till tree roots, grow a portion of the plants at the South Campus greenhouse and transport ferns, ginger plants and mandevillas in order to preserve them during the winter.
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The U of M is a level two arboretum, which means it has planted and labeled more than 60 different variations of trees on the campus. Dimond is working toward reaching level three. “We planted a lot of the trees we currently have. When we are done we will have more than the 90 trees required, but one person alone can’t plant a tree. We are under the Physical Plant Department, so we go anywhere we are needed. It really is a team effort,” Dimond said.
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Both the men and women’s University of Memphis basketball teams will hit the hardwood this weekend to continue to chip away at their early season schedules. The men’s team returns to the FedExFourm to play the Colonels of Nicholls State University, while the women head to Arkansas to face the Trojans of the University of Arkansas at Little Rock. Nicholls State (0-3) has yet to get a win this season. The Southland Conference school has scored a total of 194 points in the span of three games, while their opponents have scored a combined 245 against them. The Colonels had their first game of the season on Nov. 8 against Auburn University and fell 76-54. Nicholls State returned to action Nov. 14 and picked up their second loss of the season with the 92-78 loss to the University of North Texas, followed by the 77-62 defeat to Troy University on Tuesday. Senior guard Dantrell Thomas led the team in points in two of the three games. The six-foottwo, 200-pound veteran scored 27 points for Nicholls State in the North Texas matchup and 14 points against Troy. After the devastating loss Oklahoma State University inflicted to the U of M on Tuesday, head coach Josh Pastner and his team of Tigers will try to remedy their early week blunder.
Dimond says that when the Physical Plant Department needs assistance they will advertise in the student employment under the financial aid website — although, simply asking is a good way to get hired. “When we are planting flowers, a lot of times, people will come up and just ask us do we need any help. We take their names and numbers. We get a lot of biology students, but we will take anyone who is interested,” Dimond said.
In a press conference on Wednesday, Pastner said the Nicholls State game would allow the players a chance to make some corrections. “I think what we got to focus on is just trying to get that next day and just focus on us getting better,” he said. “I think we will be able to see from Saturday to next week and then as we move forward kind of see the progression.” The Tigers (1-1) will have their first shot at improvement Saturday. Tipoff is slated for 5 p.m. and will be broadcast on SportSouth. Fans can also listen on 600 WREC. On the women’s side, the U of M (3-1) will battle UALR (1-2) on Friday with action set to commence at 7 p.m. in the Jack Stephens Center. The Trojans collected their loan win of the young season on Nov. 10 at home against Sam Houston State University. UALR walked away with the tight 69-65 victory. Since hitting the road, the Trojans have dropped two consecutive games. The team fell to Missouri State University 72-68 on Nov. 13 and again Tuesday to the University of Southern Mississippi 72-60. The Tigers head to Arkansas with back-to-back wins. The U of M defeated Wright State University 83-75 on Nov.15 and Jackson State University 77-64 on Monday. U of M fans can turn the radio to WUMR 91.7 FM or participate in a live game day blog on gotigersgo.com.
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Tigers continue conference play against Cardinals 4 • Friday, November 21, 2013
By Corey Carmichael
sports@dailyhelmsman.com For the University of Memphis football team, there is still a chance for the squad to win its way into a bowl game. The first obstacle in its way is the University of Louisville at Papa John’s Cardinal Stadium in Kentucky. The Tigers will play the No. 21 ranked Cardinals at 11 a.m. on Saturday, the first ranked opponent during head U of M coach Justin Fuente’s tenure. Memphis has not defeated a ranked opponent since Rip Scherer led the team to a 21-17 victory over No. 6 ranked University of Tennessee. Despite playing a ranked opponent this week, Fuente said he has not changed the way the team prepares. “Well, we hope we prepare the same every week. Obviously, they’re a good football team, a good program,” he said. “They’ve reached heights that we would love to reach and have sustained success. So we try and prepare like we do every week.” Teddy Bridgewater is the quarterback of the high-powered Louisville offense and is a junior who received a lot of Heisman attention earlier this season. Fuente made it clear his team has also spent time planning for the Cardinal’s two 500-yard rushers, Dominique Brown and Senorise Perry. Both have scored six rushing touchdowns and helped create an extra dimension to the offense. “Well, they obviously throw the ball
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around pretty well, and you gotta be careful, because they can run it as well,” Fuente said. “So you got to do your best to eliminate one of those things and make them one-dimensional, but it is certainly a pretty big task.” Bridgewater is well known for spreading the ball around to his receivers — making it difficult to anticipate where the ball is going. Four different receivers have caught 20 passes this season with at least 300 yards receiving and four touchdowns. The quarterback has only thrown three interceptions in 10 games this season. The offense has turned the ball over nine times this season and is No. 4 in the nation in turnover margin. The potent Louisville offense averages more than 36 points per game and is ranked No. 25 in the nation for scoring. Although those numbers are partially skewed because of their 72-0 shellacking of Florida-International University, the team has scored 30 or more points seven times this season. This weekend features a matchup of an offense that does not give the ball away, and a Memphis defense that likes to take it. Last week, Memphis defeated the University of South Florida by forcing five turnovers. “We’ve tried to emphasize that the entire year — we need to do a better job holding onto it offensively. Obviously, defensively we took it away and put them in an uncomfortable position,” Fuente said. This season, Memphis has taken the ball away 17 times in nine games.
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The University of Memphis football team heads to the Bluegrass State this weekend to face American Athletic Conference foe, the Cardinals of the University of Louisville. Kickoff is scheduled for 11 a.m. Along with the ball-hawking defense, the Tigers have had one of the best special teams units in the country. Both senior punter Tom Hornsey and freshman kicker Jake Elliot are semifinalists for the awards given to their respective positions. Fuente hopes the special teams units will continue to supplement
the defense. “Good special teams give you tons of hidden yardage, you get them pinned back,” he said. “Tom’s done a good job punting in the red zone. You got to be able to cover kicks and make them go the length of the field. The odds of them scoring decrease the farther back
they start. We’ve done a pretty good job this year.” With three more wins, the Tigers would become bowl-eligible with a 6-6 record. Memphis is 1-4 in American Athletic Conference play and hopes to extend their current two-game winning streak this weekend.
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